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Australia v New Zealand @ Melbourne Cricket Ground
7 December 1980
Toss: New Zealand (bat)
Umpires: RC Bailhache, RA French
Match Result: Australia won by 4 wickets
1st Innings
New Zealand
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Bruce Edgar | run out | 33 | 67 | 93 | 2 | - |
| 2. John Wright | b Len Pascoe | 57 | 119 | 143 | 3 | - |
| 3. Jeremy Coney | run out | 9 | 26 | 27 | - | - |
| 4. Paul McEwan | b Dennis Lillee | 17 | 31 | 62 | - | - |
| 5. Sir Richard Hadlee | c Trevor Chappell b Len Pascoe | 1 | 8 | 7 | - | - |
| *6. Mark Burgess | c Allan Border b Len Pascoe | 14 | 14 | 12 | 2 | - |
| 7. John Parker | lbw b Greg Chappell | 3 | 7 | 4 | - | - |
| +8. Warren Lees | c Greg Chappell b Dennis Lillee | 0 | 3 | 2 | - | - |
| 9. Gary Troup | not out | 7 | 16 | 21 | - | - |
| 10. Stephen Boock | lbw b Dennis Lillee | 2 | 3 | 6 | - | - |
| 11. Ewen Chatfield | lbw b Len Pascoe | 0 | 6 | 4 | - | - |
| FOW | 1-74 (Bruce Edgar), 2-95 (Jeremy Coney), 3-112 (John Wright), 4-116 (Sir Richard Hadlee), 5-138 (Mark Burgess), 6-141 (John Parker), 7-142 (Warren Lees), 8-147 (Paul McEwan), 9-153 (Stephen Boock), 156 (Ewen Chatfield). |
| Extras | 2b, 10lb, 1w, 0nb, 0pen) 13 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 49.5 ovs) 156 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Dennis Lillee | 10 | 3 | 19 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
| Len Pascoe | 9.5 | 3 | 37 | 4 | (0w,0nb) |
| Shaun Graf | 4 | 0 | 15 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Greg Chappell | 10 | 1 | 23 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Trevor Chappell | 10 | 2 | 27 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Doug Walters | 6 | 0 | 22 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
2nd Innings
Australia
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. John Dyson | lbw b Sir Richard Hadlee | 3 | 17 | 24 | - | - |
| 2. Allan Border | c Bruce Edgar b Ewen Chatfield | 55 | 111 | 120 | 3 | - |
| *3. Greg Chappell | st Warren Lees b Stephen Boock | 48 | 70 | 107 | 3 | - |
| 4. Kim Hughes | run out | 19 | 35 | 48 | 1 | - |
| 5. Doug Walters | lbw b Stephen Boock | 7 | 11 | 10 | 1 | - |
| 6. Trevor Chappell | b Sir Richard Hadlee | 6 | 13 | 15 | - | - |
| 7. Graeme Wood | not out | 1 | 14 | 27 | - | - |
| +8. Rod Marsh | not out | 10 | 13 | 19 | 1 | - |
| 9. Dennis Lillee | ||||||
| 10. Shaun Graf | ||||||
| 11. Len Pascoe |
| FOW | 1-15 (John Dyson), 2-107 (Allan Border), 3-116 (Greg Chappell), 4-124 (Doug Walters), 5-143 (Trevor Chappell), 6-145 (Kim Hughes). |
| Extras | 2b, 8lb, 0w, 0nb, 0pen) 10 |
| Total | (for 6 wickets, 47.2 ovs) 159 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Gary Troup | 9 | 3 | 15 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Sir Richard Hadlee | 10 | 0 | 34 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Ewen Chatfield | 9.2 | 1 | 34 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Paul McEwan | 5 | 0 | 18 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Stephen Boock | 10 | 1 | 30 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Jeremy Coney | 4 | 0 | 18 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
Squads
Australia:
John Dyson, Allan Border, Greg Chappell, Kim Hughes, Doug Walters, Trevor Chappell, Graeme Wood, Rod Marsh, Dennis Lillee, Shaun Graf, Len Pascoe